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From: tneff@bfmny0.UU.NET (Tom Neff)
Newsgroups: alt.sources.d,news.software.b
Subject: Re: moderation of alt.sources vs. automated harangues
Message-ID: <14767@bfmny0.UU.NET>
Date: 18 Oct 89 18:58:24 GMT
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Reply-To: tneff@bfmny0.UU.NET (Tom Neff)
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Another thing we could do to cut down chatter in source groups is modify
the common newsreaders to automatically redirect followups to the associated
discussion group.  The algorithm would be:

	if following up to a non-null article, then
	if the newsgroup contains ".sources" but does not end in ".d", then
	if newsgroup.d exists, then
	change the Newsgroups: header line to newsgroup.d

This would take a while to percolate through but would be a civilized
thing to do.  It would not affect original postings (followups to the
null article at end-of-group in RN) or explicit invocations of Pnews,
but would still make a difference.
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